The United States did get involved in the Vietnam war because of communism in Vietnam.
Vietnam
Red China, North Korea, Cuba, and of course North Vietnam & for the other side, France, UK, Canada, etc.
In the cold war there was never any fighting but the countries that were involved were Russia, America and Cuba. Some have confused the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 with the Cold War. It was a part of the Cold War but not nearly all of it. And there was a great deal of fighting in countries like Greece, Korea, Angola, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Vietnam, Afghanistan and many other places. The global superpowers could not fight directly and keep the Cold War cold, so they fought smaller wars by proxy, used propaganda, espionage, arms escalation, and all methods short of direct warfare.Countries involved in the Cold War were mainly the United States and the Soviet Union, but also China, North and South Korea and Germany.
The Vietnam war was a warm part of the cold war.
korea, united states, ussr, vietnam, and germany?
The Vietnam War was part of the cold war. The cold war was between governments (Nations/Countries).
vietnam war and the cold war
The Vietnam War was part of the cold war. To prevent Communist North Vietnam from taking over the Republic of South Vietnam.
The cold war consisted of no killing (no actual war). Vietnam involved killing (real war).
The fight against the spread of Communism.
A direct confrontation with communists: bullet for bullet.
The Cold War, then Vietnam.
The countries that were actually "physically" involved, and were bombed or had US aircraft crash into them, whether they were "officially" in the war or not, were: Lao's, Cambodia, North Vietnam and South Vietnam.
The main countries involved in the Cold War were the US and the USSR.
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The U.S government decided to get involved in the Vietnam war because the believed after the cold war that communism was a very serious issue that must be adressed first hand. America has also singed itself into SEATO (an agreement between many other countries who were also against communism). This meant America had no other options but enter the war in Vietnam.